Climate Crisis
Jeffrey Sachs, Yanis Varoufakis – The Six Global Crises Confronting Humanity
22 April 2025 Sachs begins at round 6:30
Sustainability
Climate Crisis
Geoff Dembicki – Climate Crisis Deniers Explain Why They Like U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright
In exclusive interviews, they called the Trump administration official “terrific,” “very smart,” and someone who “gets it.” Geoff Dembicki is Global Managing Editor of DeSmog and author of The Petroleum Papers. He’s based in Montreal. Cross-posted […]
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Robert Hunziker – Climate Change Kills Capitalism
What are financial assets worth in uninhabitable cities? Nothing. Robert Hunziker lives in Los Angeles and can be reached at rlhunziker@gmail.com. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Capitalism, like Antarctica and like the Amazon rainforest, is under threat of destruction by […]
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Adina Florea et al – To the Last Drop: Europe’s Hidden Water Crisis
An investigation into groundwater mismanagement in Romania, Italy and Germany, which is causing droughts and other water shortage problems. Adina Florea is a freelance journalist specialising in labour migration, minority rights, and environmental issues in Eastern Europe. Antonia Gross […]
Energy
Sharon Kelly – Oil Execs Warn Privately That Trump’s ‘Chaos’ Could Be ‘Disaster’ for Their Industry
After donating heavily to Trump’s reelection, Big Oil is just catching on that the president’s policies can hurt them too, anonymous survey of industry executives reveals. Sharon Kelly is an attorney and investigative reporter based […]
Environment
Constance Dijkstra: Why international shipping needs a global carbon levy AND a global fuel standard
There are a lot of proposals and a lot of noise around the best pathway to zero. But one thing is clear: without a global levy AND a green fuels requirement (GHG Fuel Standard) AND […]
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Aaron Kirshenbaum, Melissa Garriga – More Environmental Groups Must Join the Call for a Militarism-Free Future
The connection between militarism and environmental destruction is clear and evident, yet many climate action organisations seem reluctant to talk about it. Aaron Kirshenbaum is CODEPINK’s War is Not Green campaigner and East Coast regional […]
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Rubén Martínez – How Housing Speculation Created Environmental Crisis in Spain
‘The floods that hit Spain last year were more than just a natural disaster. They were exacerbated by housing developers who built homes in the most flood-prone areas.’ In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
Samuel Schlaefli – “A Landscape of Greed”: The Collapse of Denmark’s Fjords
Denmark’s famous Fjords have been ecologically decimated by intensive pig-farming. Samuel Schlaefli is a freelance environmental and science journalist based in Switzerland. Cross-posted from Green European Journal The sky is grey over the fjord off […]
Climate Crisis
Wolfgang Knorr – Global crises and the end of democracy
The radical changes we need to face Wolfgang Knorr is a climate scientist, consultant for the European Space Agency and guest researcher at the Department of Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University Cross-posted from Wolfgang’s […]